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Santa Rosa, CA vs Rancho Cucamonga, CA

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- Rancho Cucamonga spends 12.9% less per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% higher in Rancho Cucamonga than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rancho Cucamonga had 7.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CARancho Cucamonga, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Rancho Cucamonga    11 Reviews

I lived in rancho for a few years and I felt safe the city was clean every thing was at your finger tips Walmart target lots of fast foods  More

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Full of Republicans I hate the city I’m moving to Palm Springs the people here are ridiculous caring Trump flags making fun of me in the city a bunch of Lunitics.  More

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Over 12 years ago

Of all the homes or places of where I lived throughout my lifetime, I especially remember Rancho Cucamunga, CA. But this city's name when I was there was Alta Loma, and  More

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